The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-09-10
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wuEELNa.w VA. sEprEMpEn1o. 1881


It Is often said, and tho iNTELL1ogscEe
isamong thoes who say It, thai! II the great
advantages Of this city md ils neighbor.
hood could DO transferred in bulk to any
ono oil tho "hoom " .owna CT tho West,
that particular town would be in iair
way to double Ito population within a
year. All this Is true, and i.tcaches the
obvious leeuon that Wheeling could ad.
vance moro rapidly than sha does II her
people would ru! their nhouldeIs to the
whee! with half tho WesteIn enthusiasm.
There is, however, this encouragement,
that II Wheeling does not 60 ahead as fcat
40 ahe could and should, Bhe doeu 20
ahead, and her progress 10 as eolid ss tho
hills that look down upon her. There
hayo BEEN time1 when Wheeling seemed
about to STAND still, bnt in her material
interestn nhe has never slipped back. In
fac. there has not been year when she
has not strengthened her foundations.
There have always been long.headed
men Of affairs who saw through the deep
est gloom aud kept on building whi!e
Others devoted themselves to croak!ng.
II new industries were not established,
old ones were expanded. II he's act been
long since there WEE grave apprehension
that WLeel!De's best days wero gone
never 10 return. In that very hour OF
seeming darkness plans wero maturing
for come OF the meet substantial improve
ments ever known III the industrial life Of
the city, and these plsnahayonaterialized.
Natura! gag came, and, in apito OF doleiul
prophecies thu! it never would como, it
blazed upon US in rich abundance.
From the hour that natural gas was
. fixed fact Wheeling began 10 wear a new
aspect. Lat any one recall for himself the
Wheeling OF, cay, two yehrs sgo with the
Wheeling Of to-day, and e!rike The bal
auce. There has not been much b!are Of
trumpets, but progress is written in every
day Of tho local hietory; not go much
p,og1esa Is there should have been, but
sti!! progress steady and sure.
Not to review in detail all that hes
been do2e, no.o the TACT that within
month the third new pottery enterprise
has been put Oh ito lcst, and that By homo
capital Amos. entirely. NeT potte1ies
have been cauvassed in n general way.
1t ives hoped that fo-eign capital might
be induced to plant itself hero. as coon
as enc scheme alter another was taken
hold OF By Wheeling men OF experience,
having tho confidence OF msn OF meaHs,
the capital waa forthcoming. Tho oeer.
lngs we're in ezceas Of tho requirements.
A new g!sss house 10 protected under
equally favorable auspices, and When the
books ore opened there will DO the psmo
story to !ei!.
So it will be OF any practical project in
the ilsnds Of ueu Of strength. Wheeling
has capital in abundance, and it ia ore Of
tie great saCoursgements Of the RituGtioa
tina. i. 10 mora and moro disposed to Geek
again tie fed in which, directly or in
directly, j. waa originally iound. Wheel.
ing has nsdo her money in nalufactur-
ing, and the brainees eenco Of her business
men tells them that here ID where they
gro to look for their Increase.
What Wheeling Wills 10 do within
reaso7, sLe has the 12eaGa 10 do sad eau
do. l. ia grea! satisfaction to know thst
sho haa once more begun to esteem her
self at her own value, and 10 modcstly
telling the world that she believes in her.
seii. There is 10 better way TO invite
foreign capital, and no better way to get
along without it il it cannot be induced TO
come